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Cotton Stone Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Montgomery county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055230
MRDS ID RE00515
Record type Site
Current site name Cotton Stone Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.87672, 35.40982 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lovejoy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Montgomery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Pyrophyllitic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.87672, 35.40982
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong Cleavage N 45-55 E Dipping 45-55 Nw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR ELONGATE ZONE
    Length 460M
    Width 100M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ENTIRE TOPOGRAPHIC HIGH IS QUARTZ GRANOFELS WITH LOCALLY ABUNDANTuGOSSAN-LIKE LIMONITE RICH ZONES. PYROPHYLLITE IS COMMONLY COARSE WITH AuRADIATING HABIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Troy Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SMALL PITS NEAR THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.

Comments on development

  • PYROPHYLLITE CONTAINS A HIGH AMOUNT OF IRON OXIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J.L., 1967, PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BULLETING 80, P.37

  • Deposit

    KLEIN, T.L. USGS, SITE VISI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SMALL GOLD PROSPECTS ARE NOW COVERED BY THE PROPERTYuOWNERS HOUSE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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